It was only 7am and it already was 77 degrees outside when Jenny's alarm went off. Jenny threw away the covers as she was getting out of bed to get ready for work. While Jenny was in the shower an alarm went off on the other side of LA. This time it's was Callen's alarm. He too had to get out of bed to go to work.
Before Jenny went to work she stopped by the beach to do some surfing. As Jenny was pulling out of the parking lot at the beach to go to work she didn't see another car coming in behind her. It was Callen's car. The two cars bumped against each other. Jenny was shocked when she got out of the car to check the damage. Callen got out of his car too to check the damage. Jenny was checking out the damage on her car when she heard a voice behind her.
"The damage isn't that bad. It's just a little fender bender," Callen said.
Jenny turned around as she heard the voice. She looked straight into Callen's blue eyes. For a moment she was mesmerized. Then she said: "Yeah, it's not that bad. Sorry I bumped into you. I wasn't looking."
"It's okay nobody got hurt."
"I'm really sorry. I will pay for the repairs on your car. Here, let me give you my number. Here you go my name and number. Call me and we'll sort this out or just call if you want."
Jenny handed Callen a piece of paper with her name and number on it and walked back to her car.
"Jenny is it huh. I'll take a look at the damage and I will call you," Callen said.
Callen and Jenny both went to work.
Callen arrived at work and put the piece of paper on his desk underneath the phone.
At the end of the day Callen sat at his desk finishing his paperwork when Sam came in. Sam noticed the piece of paper with Jenny's name and number on it on Callen's desk.
"Who's Jenny?" Sam asked.
"No one, just a girl," Callen said.
"Yeah, a girl who gave you her name and number."
"She bumped into my car with hers. She gave me her number so we could sort this out, with the damage to our cars. That's it."
"Sure G. So are you going to ask her out?"
"I'm just going to ignore you now."
Callen went back to work. Sam left the office and went home.
Callen finished his work and he saw the piece of paper lying on his desk. Callen picked it up and wondered if he should call Jenny. He didn't need any help fixing his car. NCIS would do that for him. But there was something about her that he liked and she said he could just call her. Callen decided to pick up the phone and call her.
"Hello, this is Jenny," Jenny said.
"Hi, this is Tom. The guy whose car you bumped into this morning," Callen said.
"Oh yes hi. How's your car? Do you know how much it's going to cost?"
"No, it's still in the garage. That's actually not why I called. I was wondering if you would like to go out with me sometime."
"Sure sounds like fun. I have tickets to the Lakers game tomorrow if you like."
"The Lakers game tomorrow, versus Miami Heat, you got tickets for that game?"
"Yep I got 2 of them. So if you like we can go there tomorrow evening."
"You're kidding. I love basketball. Shall I come pick you up tomorrow?"
"Sure that's fine. My address is 12565 Sunset Boulevard. When you get to the gate press 2 and you got me. How does 7 o'clock sound? Game starts at 8."
"Sure 7 sounds good. See you tomorrow Jenny."
"See you tomorrow Tom."
The next day Callen went to pick up Jenny. He arrived at the gate and pressed 2. A buzzer rang. Jenny picked it up.
"Jenny," Jenny said.
"Hi Jenny, it's Tom," Callen said.
"Hi Tom, I'll be out in just a sec."
"Alright."
Jenny grabbed her purse and walked to the gate.
"Hi Tom."
"Hi Jenny, nice house."
"Thanks, it's my sister's house. I'm living in her pool house. I see you already got another car."
"Yeah it's a loaner."
Jenny and Callen got into the car to go to the game.
"So you live with your sister?" Callen asked.
"Yeah, I'm gone a lot for work so I didn't see the need in having my own house yet. This works out good too. They didn't really use it so… My sister and her husband don't mind," Jenny said.
"That's nice of them."
20 minutes later they arrived at the stadium and went in to watch the game. After the game Callen drove Jenny home.
"Awesome game, those were great seats. Thanks for taking me, I had a great time," Callen said.
"You're welcome. I had a great time as well. What about your car? Do you know how much it's going to cost?" Jenny said.
"Nah don't worry about it. A buddy of mine can fix it for free. It's good."
"Really, it was my fault. I should pay for it."
"No need. It's all good."
"Then at least let me buy you dinner, to make up for damaging your car. I insist."
"Okay, dinner it is."
"I know a great place. It's my favorite restaurant. Do you like Mexican food?"
"Yeah Mexican is good. How does Saturday at 7 sound?"
"Saturday at 7 sounds good. I'll make reservations."
"Great, shall I come pick you up at 6.30?"
"Sure, sounds good. See you Saturday at 6.30."
"See you Saturday."
Jenny exited the car and walked back to her house.
The next day Callen walked into the office and Sam was already there.
"Morning Sam", Callen said.
"Morning G. Did you see the game yesterday?"
"Yes I did. I went to see the game."
"You're kidding. You managed to get tickets?"
"Nope, Jenny did. She already had 2 tickets to the game. It was awesome. We had courtside tickets", Callen gloated to Sam.
"Jenny? As in Jenny who bumped into your car? You went out with her?"
"Yes I did, I called her and she had two tickets to the basketball game and she asked if I wanted to go. We had a great time. We're actually going out again."
"Great. I told you that you should call her."
Then Eric whistled.
"New case on deck guys," Eric said.
Sam, Callen and Kensi went to OPS and to work on the case.
The next Saturday Callen went out with Jenny. He went to pick up Jenny at her house and drove to the Mexican restaurant where Jenny made reservations.
Callen and Jenny took a seat at the table.
"This is a nice restaurant. Very friendly. You come here often?" Callen said.
"Yes, quite often. I love coming here. The food is great. Do you like to salsa?"
"Salsa? As in dance? No, I'm a terrible dancer."
"Ah too bad. You can salsa here as well. I love to do that."
Callen and Jenny ordered dinner. Callen noticed Jenny's necklace. It was a Navy insignia.
"You're in the Navy?" Callen asked.
Jenny looked at him with a weird face.
"Your necklace, I noticed it's a Navy insignia."
"Oh this, it was my mother's. She was a Navy SEAL."
"Was? She retired?"
"No, she was killed in action at Fallujah when I was 16."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Sorry I asked."
"No, it's okay. I've learned to deal with it. Are you in the Navy?"
"No, I'm not. I'm just interested in the Navy. I think it's brave what those men and women do every day for our country."
"Yeah it is. I grew up with the Navy. My dad is also in the Navy. He used to a Navy SEAL. Now he is a training officer at the Navy base in Pendleton, my brother is also a Navy SEAL and my sister is married to a US Marine."
"Well that's quite the Navy family. You never thought of joining the Navy?"
"Nah, I'm happier behind my desk with my computer."
"What do you do then?"
"I'm a data analyst. I analyze incoming data and filter it. What do you do?"
"Me, I'm in private security."
"That's nice. Very dangerous job right? Ever been shot?"
"Yeah a couple of times. Never anything serious though. Every job has it hazards right."
Jenny and Callen finished their dinner.
"Would you like to go dance? I'll show you how it's done," Jenny said.
"I'm really not a good dancer," Callen said.
"Ah come on. It's not that hard. I promise I won't laugh at you."
"Alright then."
Jenny and Callen walked to the dance floor. Jenny showed Callen how to Salsa. He was a quick study. Jenny and Callen continued to dance for a while. Then he felt his phone go off in his pocket.
"Would you excuse me for a moment? Have to use the restroom," Callen said.
"Sure, don't be long," Jenny said.
Jenny stayed there and danced. When Callen came back from the restroom he looked at how Jenny was dancing and he was mesmerized. He stayed there a looked at how Jenny danced. Jenny noticed Callen looking at her and walked up to Callen.
"Hey there, want to dance some more?"
"No, I'm good. I actually have to go. I just got a call that they need me at work. I can drop you of home if you want."
"Work? On a Saturday evening?"
"Yeah, we just got a new case and they need to go over the details before tomorrow."
"Okay. Let me just grab my stuff and pay the bill."
Jenny grabbed her stuff and paid for the food then Callen drove her home.
"I had a really great time. We should do it again sometime," Callen said.
"Yeah I enjoyed myself too. We should definitely do something again. I'd like that a lot," Jenny said.
"Alright I will call you then to make a date."
"Great. I'll be looking forward to that. Good luck at work. Be save. See ya."
"Thanks. I will. See ya."
Callen arrived at work.
"Alright guys, this better be important I was in the middle of something," Callen said.
"A couple of guys broke into the house of a naval intelligence lieutenant and killed him. He had top level security clearance. They may have stolen some information from him. It's your job to find out what they stole and catch them before this information is being leaked," Macy said.
"Alright Sam and I will take his house. Kensi, you check with naval intelligence what he was working on," Callen said.
Callen and Sam drove to the lieutenant's house.
"What exactly where you in the middle of?" Sam asked.
"Nothing," Callen said.
"Really? I didn't sound like it was just nothing."
"Fine if you must know, I was on a date with Jenny."
"Again? Must be some girl. Second date huh. That's gotta be one of the longest relationships you've ever had."
"Haha yeah almost. We're actually going out again. She's is really nice. She actually comes from a Navy family. Her mom and dad were both in the Navy."
"That's nice. Does she know about you and NCIS?"
"No, I don't think so and I didn't tell her my real name. Used an alias."
"Starting a relationship with a lie? That's never good."
"Well you lie to your wife. When the time is right I'll maybe tell her."
Callen and Sam investigated the case. A couple days later Callen called Jenny.
"Hello, this is Jenny," Jenny said.
"Hi Jenny it's Tom," Callen said.
"Oh hi Tom. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine. You?"
"Fine too."
"I'm actually calling to see if you want to go out again."
"Yeah absolutely. I would love that."
"Great. Do you want to go to Santa Monica Pier, maybe this Saturday?"
"Yeah sure sounds like fun. What time shall we meet?"
"How does 3 o'clock sound? Then afterwards we can go for a bite to eat maybe and walk down the beach if you like."
"Sure. That's good. Shall we meet there by the entrance?"
"Sure sounds good. See you Saturday Jenny."
"See you Saturday Tom."
Jenny was already waiting by the entrance when Callen showed up.
"Hi Jenny," Callen said.
"Hi Tom," Jenny said.
"Shall we?"
They went in the roller coaster first.
"That was fun. You okay? I believed I heard you scream the entire ride?" Callen said.
"Yeah I'm fine. I always scream in roller coasters," Jenny said.
"Okay then. Come on, I'm going to win a prize for you."
"Really, that's sweet of you. What are you going to do?"
Callen and Jenny walked to the shooting stand.
"I'm going to do a little target practice. I'll take 5 shots please," Callen said.
Callen started shooting and he hit the targets and he won a nice stuffed animal.
"Here this is for you," Callen said.
"Ah thank you. Do you mind if I gave it a go?" Jenny said.
"No, be my guest."
"I'll take 5 shots as well please. Let's see if I can get a stuffed animal for you too."
Jenny raised her gun and started shooting at the targets. She handled the gun like she had done it before and she hit all the targets. She lowered her gun and put back on the counter and she got a stuffed animal too and then she turned to Callen. Callen looked at her astonished.
"Here you go a stuffed animal for you too. What?" Jenny said.
"Where did you learn how to shoot a gun?" Callen said.
"My dad taught me."
"Ah that's nice. A little father-daughter bonding."
They stayed there for the rest of the afternoon and then had a bite to eat. After dinner they took a walk down the beach.
"You come to the beach often?" Callen said.
"Yeah, almost every day. I love to go surfing in the morning before work. How about you? Do you come here often?" Jenny said.
"No not that much."
They sat down on the beach and enjoyed the sunset.
"Have you always been a big fan of basketball?" Callen asked.
"Yeah for as long as I can remember. When I was young my dad used to take me to the games if he was here. I remember the first time like yesterday. He just got back from a tour. It was the NBA play-offs versus the Knicks. We had courtside tickets. It was amazing," Jenny said.
"Sounds like you two had a nice time. Was he gone often?"
"Yeah quite a bit. Sometimes for months at a time. Also sometimes together with my mom. But they usually made sure they were here for us during the important moments, like birthdays and such. We also moved a lot. Depended on what base they were stationed at. Me and my dad were very close. How about you? Where you close to your parents?"
"Not really. I never knew my father and my mother died when I was 4. Been in foster homes ever since."
"That's though. I'm sorry to hear that. Many foster homes?"
"39."
"That's a lot. Must have been rough. Have you ever considered looking for your father?"
"Yeah I'm still looking for answers. There's a lot about my past I don't know. Maybe I'll find the answers I'm looking for someday."
"Yeah I'm sure you will. Just have to keep looking. It's getting late. We should head home. Gotta get up early tomorrow for work."
"Yeah me too."
They walked back to their cars.
"I really like spending time with you," Jenny said.
"Same here," Callen said.
For a moment they stared into each other's eyes.
"I'll see you later. We should go do something again soon," Jenny said.
"Yeah, absolutely. I'll call you. Goodnight. Drive safely," Callen said.
"Yeah you too. Goodnight."
They both got in their car and drove home. They continued to date for a couple of months. After 8 months something happened between Callen and Jenny after they got back from a date. Jenny drove back to her place where Callen left his car. They both got out of the car and Jenny walked Callen to his car.
"Oh my god. That movie was absolutely hilarious. My stomach still hurts from laughing," Callen said.
"Yeah mine too," Jenny said.
"Goodnight Jenny."
"Goodnight Tom."
They gave each other a hug. After that they looked into each other's eyes. Their heads began to move towards each other. Then their lips touched. They shared a kiss.
"I'll call you tomorrow," Callen said.
"Alright see ya. Goodnight," Jenny said.
"Goodnight."
Jenny walked back inside. Before she walked back into here pool house she bumped into her sister.
"Hi Jenny," Julie said.
"Hi Julie," Jenny said.
"How was the date? Seems like you two really like each other."
"It was fine. Yeah we do. We really have a great time when we go out."
"Yeah I could see that."
"What do you mean?"
"Well a moment ago, when you got home."
"Oh my god. Did you see that?"
"Yep I did. So is he a good kisser?"
"Oh my god. I can't believe you saw that."
"Yeah I did. Come on tell me. Is he a good kisser?"
"I'm not gonna tell you."
"Ah come on please."
"Maybe one day. Goodnight."
Jenny walked into the pool house and closed the door.
The next day Callen and Sam were at stakeout.
"So how are things with you and Jenny?" Sam asked.
"Fine," Callen said.
"Good to hear. I'm happy for you that you found someone."
"Yeah it's going good so far. I don't know how far it will go. But for now it's going good."
Callen and Jenny went out like 3 times a week from that point on. Everything was going great. When they were dating for a year Callen went inside with Jenny after a date to stay for some drinks. Things heated up pretty quickly.
"You want a beer?" Jenny asked.
"Sure thanks. Is this you and your mom?" Callen said.
"Here you go. Yeah it is. That was taken right before she died. Before she got send to Fallujah."
"You miss her, don't you?"
"Yeah I do. Every day."
"Nice place you got here."
"Yeah. It's not big or anything. But it's home. And it's also nice that I have my sister close by. We are like best friends."
"Are this your nieces?"
"Yeah they are. I love them."
"How old are they?"
"Katie is 5 and Amy is 2."
"They're lucky to have an aunt like you. I'm sure you're great with kids."
"Haha. Well I'm not a natural but yeah I like hanging out with them. I'm their aunt so I get to spoil them a lot without all the parenting stuff."
"Yeah that's nice. Like I said: they're lucky to have an aunt like you."
Callen and Jenny were staring at each other and after a while they started kissing. Jenny got up and pulled Callen over to her bed. Jenny started taking off his clothes. Callen did the same with her clothes. As Jenny was taking his pants off she noticed his gun in the back of his pants.
"Oh what do we have here? A gun? Nice," Jenny said.
"Be careful with that. It's for my job," Callen said.
"Nice. I like a man who's carrying a gun."
Jenny put Callen's gun on her nightstand. The two continued to kiss as Callen laid Jenny down on the bed.
"Why are you stopping?" Jenny asked.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Callen asked.
"Yeah I'm sure. Why? Aren't you?"
"No, I'm too. Just checking if you were too."
"Fine, then shut up and kiss me."
…
"Oh my god. Wow. That was amazing," Jenny said.
"Wow indeed. That was amazing," Callen said.
"I love you."
"I love you too Jenny."
Jenny crawled against Callen and Callen put his arm around Jenny. The two fell asleep.
The next morning Callen woke up just a little before 9am. He was a bit late because he promised to pick up Sam at 9. Jenny was still asleep. Callen grabbed his clothes and put them on as quietly as possible. He wrote a note for Jenny and put it on her nightstand. He left the pool house and went to pick up Sam.
"Morning G," Sam said.
"Morning Sam," Callen said.
"You're late."
"Sorry. I slept in."
"Slept in? You hardly sleep. Ah I get it. You slept in with Jenny didn't you?"
"Sam….."
"I just think it's great G."
"Sam, stay out of my love life.
"What? I'm just happy that you're finally in a relationship."
"Sam, how many times do I have to tell you: You're my partner not my mother."
"I just want you to find a nice girl and be happy."
"Well I found a nice girl and I'm happy right now so you can stop."
"Alright G."
Jenny woke up and noticed that Callen was gone. She saw the note laying on her nightstand. She picked it up and read it."Had to go to work. Really enjoyed last night. I will call you later. Love Tom," the note said.
Jenny got up out of bed and went outside to enjoy the sunshine. Her sister was already outside. When she saw Jenny she walked up to her.
"Morning Jenny", Julie said.
"Morning Julie," Jenny said.
"You guys had fun last night?"
"Yeah we had a blast. The movie was hilarious."
"I wasn't just talking about the movie. I caught him leaving this morning. You slept with him, didn't you?"
"What? Why do you say that?"
"Jenny, I'm not crazy. I saw him leave this morning and I can see it in your eyes. You slept with him."
"Yeah, alright I slept with him last night."
"See I knew it. Okay details. How was it? Was it any good?"
"Oh my god. I'm not gonna talk about my love life with you."
"Come on, where sisters. You can tell me anything."
"Fine, but not all the juicy details. It was nice. Actually it was amazing and afterwards I told him I love him."
"You did? What did he say?"
"He said: I love you too."
"I'm glad for you that this is working out. You deserve someone who makes you happy. And from what you told me, he seems like a really nice guy."
"Yeah he is. We really like spending time together. I'm gonna go surfing a bit. See ya later."
"See ya."
When Jenny came back from surfing she received a text from Callen.
"Hi Jenny, I really enjoyed last night. Had to go to work. Is it okay if I drop by after work? Love Tom."
Jenny replied to the message: "Hi Tom. I really enjoyed last night as well. Sure. Sounds nice. You can drop by any time. Love Jenny."
That evening Callen dropped by Jenny's house after work."
They gave each other a kiss.
"I missed you this morning," Jenny said.
"Yeah I had to go to work. You had a day off today?" Callen said.
"Yeah I didn't have to go to work today. It's alright I saw your note. That was very sweet of you to leave a note."
"Yeah. I didn't want to wake you up. I really enjoyed last night."
"Me too. I'm really happy I met you. This past year with you has been amazing."
"Glad you feel this way. Because I feel exactly the same way. What are you doing?"
"Oh I was just making dinner. You want some or did you already eat?"
"No, I haven't eaten yet. I'd love some, if it's not too much trouble."
"No, it's not. I always make some extra. It's almost done. Would you grab some plates please? They're in cupboard over there."
"Sure. Here you go."
Callen and Jenny enjoyed dinner and Callen stayed there the rest of the evening and went home around 11pm.
Callen and Jenny continued to date for a couple months. When they where dating for a year and a half something chanced in their relationship.
Callen was at work doing some target practice and the gun range and Nate saw that something was on his mind.
"Should I be worried about you?" Nate asked.
"No. Why you should be worried about me?" Callen said.
"I'm a psychologist. I can see that something is bothering you."
"Well it's about Jenny, my girlfriend, I'm having a weird feeling lately."
"What kind of weird feeling?"
"I really like spending time with her and we have a great time. It's just lately I have the feeling she wants more then what we have right now. I don't know if I'm ready for that."
"Well only you can answer that. Do you love her?"
"Yeah, I think that I do."
"Do you want her in your life?"
"Yeah I really had fun with her the past year and a half. I can't imagine having her not in my life right now."
"Then I suggest you keep her in your life. How that's up to you."
Callen thought about what Nate said and he realized that he didn't want to live without Jenny. This was the first time he felt this way about a girl and he was not sure what to do. She didn't know what his real name and job were. Callen wondered what he was going to do.
The next day Callen went to see Jenny after work.
"Hi Jenny," Callen said.
"Hi Tom. I just have to run an errand. Why don't you get started on dinner already? Bought pasta for tonight. I'll be back in about 15 minutes," Jenny said.
"Alright I'll get started then. See you."
20 minutes later Jenny returned. Dinner was about done. Callen had already set the table.
"Hi Jenny, you're just in time. Dinner is about ready," Callen said.
"Ah great I'm starving. Are you okay? You look a bit stressed," Jenny said.
"I'm fine, busy day at work that's all."
…
"I don't think I need a dessert. Little bit full," Jenny said.
"Me neither. But I do have something else for you," Callen said.
"Oh really? What do you have for me?"
"This past year and a half with you has been amazing. I really enjoy hanging out with you. I can't imagine what my life would be like at this point if you weren't in it and I can't imagine my life without you. That is why….."
Callen got up for his chair and he got down on one knee.
"My sweet Jenny, Will you marry me?"
"Yes, of course I will."
Callen put the ring around her finger and they kissed.
"It's a beautiful ring. Thank you. I love you," Jenny said.
"I love you too. Glad you like it. A beautiful ring for a beautiful woman," Callen said.
….
"Can you help clean the dishes?"
"Sure, you wash I'll dry. So tomorrow you start your new job right?"
"Yes tomorrow I start my new job."
"You're excited?"
"Yeah excited and a little bit nervous. But I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be able to handle it. It's pretty much the same job as I have now."
"Alright then."
After cleaning the dishes Callen and Jenny went to watch TV and then went to sleep. The next day Callen and Jenny both went to work.
"Have fun on your first day of work," Callen said.
"I will. You have a nice day as well," Jenny said.
Jenny arrived at her new job. She looked at the building. It was nothing like the building she worked in before. She walked up to the entrance. Someone was already waiting for her there.
"Hi, you must be Jennifer Hathaway. Welcome to NCIS. I'm Lara Macy," Macy said.
"Hi Lara, please call me Jenny," Jenny said.
"Alright Jenny, follow me I'll show you around."
"Nice office you got here."
"Yeah well we try to stay low profile. Nobody knows where in here. This is our bullpen where the agents work. Meet agents Sam Hanna and Kensi Blye and our psychologist Nate Getz. This is our new intelligence analyst Lt. Jenny Hathaway, she's former naval intelligence."
"Hi Nice to meet you all," Jenny said.
"Follow me. I'll show you where you will be working. This is our operation center. Here we follow our agents in the field and brief them on new information about the case. This will be your workplace. This is Eric Beale. He's our tech operator. You will be working together with him."
"Hi Jenny Hathaway. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too," Eric said.
"I hope you get settled in here soon. I gotta take this call. Eric will help you getting settled in on your computer," Macy said.
Macy answered the call of director Vance. In the meantime Eric helped Jenny settle in on the computer. During that agent Gibbs and agent McGee walked in. They came over to help with a case. Sam was getting the screen ready for the op. Macy asked Nate where Callen is. He didn't know.
"Who is Callen?" Jenny asked Eric.
"He is one of the agents. He is really good in undercover work," Eric said.
….
Callen met up with agent Gibbs at the park. The two already knew each other from before. They sat there talking. Then Macy called. He went over his plan with her for the op.
Sam and Eric made everything ready at OPS so they had visual and audio of the op.
"Callen, where the hell are you?" Macy asked Callen over the phone.
"I'm at the dinner looking right at you, Mace," Callen said.
Callen's face popped up on screen. Jenny was looking at the screen. She couldn't believe what she just saw. She saw her boyfriend Tom on the screen as an undercover NCIS agent and his name wasn't Tom it was Callen. She was confused and angry to what she just saw.
Callen went inside to meet someone. Everybody at OPS was watching and listening in.
After the op Callen came back to the office and went to talk to Macy in her office. Jenny was working the big screen with data they gathered so far on the case when Callen walked in. Jenny turned around and saw Callen there. Callen saw her as well. He was shocked to see Jenny there. For a moment the two didn't say or do anything. Then Jenny turned back around to work the footage that was on the screen. Callen didn't say anything after that and continued with the op. He had to go undercover again to get to the bad guys. In the end they got the bad guys and Sam dropped Callen of at his place, or at least the place he was renting currently.
"Are you gonna get out?" Sam asked.
"I think it's time to move," Callen said.
"Again? That's 3 times in the last 18 months."
"It's 4. I don't know. I just feel like someone's watching me."
"It's probably that Russian girl you told me about."
Callen got out of the car and waved to Sam. Sam wanted to drive away but some crazy guy in a van blocked his way. Sam saw that the backdoor of the van was open and that a man holding a gun was in it. Sam saw the van moving towards Callen. He got out of his car and tried to warn Callen. It was too late. Callen was shot and was lying there on the street. Sam shot at the guys in the van but they were already too far away. Sam went to Callen. He was still alive but barely. Sam called for an ambulance.
At the hospital Callen was taking into surgery in critical condition. Sam called Macy to tell her what happened.
"Callen has been shot. It happened right outside his apartment. Sam took him to the Pacific Beach Medical where he's currently in surgery in critical condition," Macy said.
Everybody was in shock. After a little while Jenny got up and left the office. She went to the hospital to see Callen. She arrived at the hospital and went to the surgical floor. She saw Sam sitting there in the waiting area.
"Sam, how's he doing?" Jenny asked.
"Jenny, what are you doing here?" Sam asked.
"I heard that Callen had been shot and I came to see how he's doing."
"Why did you come here so fast, you barely know him? You've just been with us for a day."
Sam saw Jenny's face.
"You knew him already, didn't you? You're his girlfriend Jenny right?"
"Yeah I am. He told you about me?"
"Yeah he did. He really likes you."
"How's he doing?"
"He's in surgery for now. Doctors couldn't say much yet. He's in critical condition. He took 3 shots to the chest, one to the arm and one to the leg. He already lost a lot of blood."
Tears appeared in Jenny's eyes.
"Oh my god, would we do this to him?"
"I have no idea. But we will get them eventually."
"Do you mind if I wait here with you? I wanna be here when he gets out of surgery."
"Sure. It's better than waiting alone."
A few hours later Callen came out of surgery.
"How's he doing?" Sam asked.
"We managed to get the bullets out and stopped the bleeding. He lost a lot of blood. We will know more in the morning. He is still critical. We'll see how he makes it's through the night," the doctor said.
"Can we see him?" Jenny asked.
"Sure follow me," the doctor said.
The doctor took Sam and Jenny to the room where Callen was at. Jenny and Sam stayed in his room waiting for Callen to wake up. The next morning Jenny woke up at the hospital. Sam was already awake and he was sitting next to Callen. Callen still hasn't woken up.
"Morning Sam. How's he doing?" Jenny said.
"Morning. Not much chance yet. He still hasn't woken up. The doctor said he made it through the night okay. His condition didn't get worse, but he isn't out of the woods yet," Sam said.
Jenny and Sam went to work. Before she left Jenny gave Callen a kiss on his cheek. She continued with her work but all she could think about all day was Callen. She prayed that he was going to pull through. During the day Sam got a call from the hospital. Callen had just woken up. Jenny was relieved to hear that. Sam went to the hospital to see Callen. When he came back he talked to Jenny.
"I just got back from hospital. He's doing better. He's got a long recuperation ahead though," Sam said.
"Good to hear that," Jenny said.
"He asked for you. He asked where you were. He wanted to see you."
"Yeah, I'll go to the hospital after work."
"How long have you known him?"
"I've known him for about a year and a half now."
After work Jenny stopped by the hospital to go see Callen.
"Excuse me miss, can I see your id please?" a security guard outside Callen's room asked.
"Sure," Jenny said. She pulled out her NCIS id and showed it to the security guard. He checked her id with his pocket computer.
"Okay miss, you checked out. You can go inside."
"Thank you."
Jenny walked into the room. Callen looked at her when she walked in. A smile appeared on his face. He then saw Jenny's face. She looked a bit angry.
"Hi Jenny. I'm glad to see you," Callen said.
"I'm glad to see you're feeling better, Tom. But that isn't your real name, is it? And you're not in private security, are you?" Jenny said.
"No it isn't. My name is G. Callen and as you already know I'm a federal agent with NCIS."
"So you lied to me. Not just about where you work but also who you are. For a year and a half we've been together and now we are engaged and you never thought of telling me the truth."
"I'm sorry Jenny. I've been meaning to tell you. I never wanted you to find out like this."
"So what, you just forgot to tell me? We're engaged to be married; didn't you think I deserve the truth before we got married? "
"I'm sorry Jenny. I wanted to tell you, but you see. We don't exist, our office that is. Nobody outside NCIS knows who we are."
"I know. I'm with the navy as well. My whole family is. I know about NCIS."
"Wait what? You're in the navy?"
"Yeah I worked with naval intelligence before I joined NCIS."
"You didn't tell me that. I thought you were a data analyst."
"Yeah I am. An intelligence analyst. But I didn't lie to you about who I am or about anything else."
Jenny looked at her engagement ring.
"Was any of it true?"
"Yes the rest of what I told you was true. Including me asking you to marry me. That was me, not Tom."
"I don't know…." Jenny touched her engagement ring. "I don't know if I can trust you again. For a year and half you lied to me about who you really are."
"Yes I lied to you about who I am but not about anything else. Not about how I feel about you."
"I'm glad that you're still alive but I don't know about us."
Jenny took her engagement ring off and put it on the counter besides Callen's bed.
"I'm sorry," Jenny said and she left the room.
"Jenny, please don't do this. Jenny! Jenny!" Callen said as Jenny walked out of the room.
Jenny didn't turn around and she left the room. Callen laid there in the hospital bed dazed and confused.